I didn't see that one coming. I haven't been this happy to be wrong since I passed Biology 101 with Marvin Druger.
Behind a stellar defensive effort, Syracuse earned an upset 19-14 win against nationally ranked #20 West Virginia in Morgantown. The Orange had not beaten WVU since 2001, and now we can add this victory to the “for the first time” list I've been compiling. For the first...

Struggling quarterback B.J. Daniels busted out last night and busted out in a big way. Daniels was 13-16, 286 yards and threw for 2 touchdowns, ran for two touchdowns but the most important number of the night, zero interceptions. Daniels completed passes to six different receivers as the Bulls pulled off the upset by defeating the two time defending Big East champs 38-30 at Cincinnati. G...

South Florida ( 0-2 in the Big East, 3-3 overall ) hits the road and heads to Cincinnati ( 1-0 in the Big East, 3-3 overall ).
The Bulls are among three teams in the conference that don't have a win in the Big East. The other two are Connecticut and Louisville. USF is coming off a loss at West Virginia, while the Bearcats are coming off a win at Louisville. In the loss to West Virgi...

The West Virginia Mountaineers and Syracuse Orange will play a good ole game of American football for the 58th time when the two Big East rivals meet this Saturday in Morgantown. Every year this game brings back memories of growing up in the late '80′s/early '90′s and watching SU and WVU games with most of my family. In case you didn't read my last blog, my older brother, Mar...

The bad news: After a sobering 45-14 loss to Pittsburgh last weekend, Syracuse must travel to Morgantown to face the toast of the Big East, #20/20 West Virginia.
The good news: For the second week in a row, no one in Orange got injured.
I’m not sure if this is good news or bad news, but this means the same guys that were on the field against Pitt and USF will be back for Saturday’s matchu...

Last Saturday, there was little to celebrate for Rutgers in their 23-20 victory over Army at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
The game took a back seat with 5:10 to go in regulation when defensive tackle Eric LeGrande was paralyzed after attempting to tackle an Army player. He was rushed to the ICU at Hackensack University Medical Center where he had emergency surgery to stabilize his spinal cor...

I did not expect Syracuse to beat Pittsburgh, but I didn't think that would happen either. 45-14? Giving up 28 first half points to a team that was averaging 25.2 points per game? Really?
“They beat us on offense, they beat us on defense and they beat us on special teams,” SU coach Doug Marrone said. “We didn’t make plays. We didn’t perform.”
That's an understatement. Pittsburgh ...

Struggling quarterback B.J. Daniels threw three more interceptions in last night's 20-6 loss to #25 West Virginia. The interception that cost him the most was the first one he threw. It happened when the Bulls were trailing 10-3, and they were backed up in there own end. With just under a minute to go until the half, Daniels ill advised pass was picked off by Robert Sands and was return...

Very seldom, if ever, does the WVU defense receiver credit for a victory but, tonight that will change because the Mountaineer defense held South Florida to a meager two field goals in route to a 20-6 win in their Big East opener. Taking nothing away from super sophomore Gino Smith, who completed 24 0f 31 passes for 219 yards, and two scores, but indeed tonight the nation witnessed a dominan...

Break up the Orange!
No?
Not yet?
Well if not now then when?
Every Syracuse Orange fan (or at least every reasonable fan) is looking at this team right now thinking the same thing.
“This team is 4-1. It is three wins away from making a bowl game barring something DRASTIC. This is a team that was 1-10 not too long ago. I want to get excited but it beat Akron, Colgate and Maine. Was the South F...

It’s Homecoming weekend on the Hill. When I left Syracuse, the football team was coming off its worst four-year stretch in history thanks in great part to the immortal Greg Robinson. Doug Marrone kept promising fans and the media that the Orange was going to be a winning program game, but no one knew if that was all talk. Two years later, it appears Marrone is well on his way to delivering ...

USF is coming off an ugly loss to Syracuse and they hit the road for only the second time this year and are playing a ranked West Virginia team on a short week. In other words, South Florida has no time to feel sorry for themselves. No pity parties as Skip Holtz said after the loss to Syracuse. On the flip side, West Virginia is coming off a blowout win against UNLV and is back in the top 25....